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Un chinez stinge lumanari de la 3... Un chinez stinge lumânări la 3 METRI DISTANŢĂ cu energia generată de loviturile sale Foto: Feng spune ca a practicat această artă de "lovire a aerului" pentru ultimii opt ani, după ce a făcut o cercetare on-line asupra subiectului, potrivit OddityCentral. El a descoperit că "Mâna Shaolin Sunshine" este cea mai simplă dintre cele 72 de abilități de Shaolin, așa că a început să o practice. La început, el a reușit doar să stingă lumânările aflate la doar 3 cm distanță, dar în timp abilităţile sale s-au îmbunătățit şi a reuşit să stingă o flacără de până la 3 metri distanță.

Feng susţine că în cei 8 ani de formare a folosit mai multe lumânări şi brichete decât îşi poate aminti și la un moment dat familia sa a ajuns atât de îngrijorată cu privire la obsesia lui încât i-au interzis să o mai practice. Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills. The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time. Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new. Hack a Day - Hack a Day serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week.eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.

Browse through hundreds how-to articles and then add to them, or start a new one.MAKE Magazine - Brings the do-it-yourself (DIY) mindset to all of the technology in your life. 30 Challenges for 30 Days. Did you know that it takes 30 days to form a new habit? The first few days are similar as to how you would imagine the birth of a new river. Full of enthusiasm it gushes forth, only to be met by strong obstacles.

The path is not clear yet, and your surroundings don’t agree. Old habits urge you to stay the same. But you need to stay determined. This starting phase is the hardest. Slowly, however, the path is cleared, resistance erodes a little day by day. So, take a moment to reflect on the question ‘Who do I want to be in 5 years?’ Check out this short TED talk first to get inspired: Now pick one or more challenges and stick with them! However, be cautioned, picking too many challenges at the same time can easily result in a failure of all of them. #1 Write a I-Like-This-About-You note/text/email each day for someone (Easy) This is the perfect way to let someone else know you care. . #2 Talk to one stranger each day (Hard) This is a great one to cure approaching anxiety. We recommend: The Bureau of Communication - Fill-in-the-blank Correspondence. HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF.

One Man, 1,200 Hours, and Over 100 Pencils: City Band, A Monumental Drawing by Chris LaPorte. Two weeks ago I was fortunate to spend a few days in Grand Rapids, Michigan at ArtPrize 2012, a sprawling international art fair featuring over 1,500 installations by more than 1,700 artists in venues throughout the city including the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, as well as countless art galleries, cafes, sidewalks, and even smack dab in the middle of a river.

The entire affair centers around popular vote that determines ten winners (a maximum award of $200,000) as well as several juried awards. You can see the 2012 winners here. It was a great trip and I saw more art three days than I’ve seen in person in the past year. One of the most outstanding artworks I encountered in Grand Rapids was this gargantuan drawing on exhibit at the GRAM by artist Chris LaPorte who attended the New York Academy of Art and now lives and works in Michigan. Online converter.

How I Became One of the Most Successful Art Smugglers in the World. Having turned the craft of international art smuggling into an art in its own right, Michel Van Rijn was once wanted by authorities all over the world for sneaking valuable pieces of art across sea and land. With millions in the bank, Michel lived the life of a playboy. He owned private planes, enjoyed a harem of beautiful women, and did business with some of the world’s most dangerous criminals—many of whom were members of various governments (and probably still are). Art smuggling has been his racket since he was 20 years old. Dealing with upper class gangsters and supposedly legitimate art dealers, he’s been shot, extradited, jailed, hunted by MI6 and Interpol, and received photos of his children in the mail by way of a very unsettling threat from his enemies. He hasn’t given many interviews over the past six years, but I managed to track him down for a chat. VICE: Art smuggling doesn’t seem like a very easy thing to get into.

Happy with my work, the next time he took me to Armenia. How to Make the Best Use of An Email Signature. So many times email signatures are an afterthought and not really looked at as an opportunity to sell. What I mean by “email signature” is the signature you put at the bottom of your person-to-person emails, not on your email marketing campaigns (although you can use signatures for that as well!) And I don’t only mean your own email signature, I mean the email signatures of all of your employees as well, especially if you’re sending out a lot of customer service related emails.

First things first, you’ve got to make sure that there are standard pieces of information your employees include when they’re representing your business. Name, company name, address and phone number.Twitter and Facebook links and encourage people to follow you.Website and blog address. There are also some creative ways you can utilize the email signature portion of your emails that might not be “necessary” but could be fun to add as well as help increase your sales!

© 2010 – 2012, VR Marketing Blog. Create a Killer Business Plan - Martha Stewart Community. You've got the idea, now package it well! The way you present your company and vision will determine whether you get the right financial partners and the right deal. Marketing Your IdeaLife is marketing. We're constantly being pitched to as consumers, yet we also market our products, our ideas, and ourselves personally and professionally. But where do so many early-stage entrepreneurs go wrong? They fail to sell their start-up effectively. The business plan, executive summary, and financing pitch are the ultimate marketing tools. Marketing your start-up well results in getting optimal investors, more favorable financing terms, outstanding executives, committed customers and more -- in other words, a shot at success in today's extremely competitive market. As a former entrepreneur and a start-up consultant today, I've certainly seen more business plans than I care to remember.

Make your business plan shine with the three "Cs" to success: Wow! You'll also need a financial model. How to To Make Your Food Taste Awesome | Easy Food. Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2012 in Food Preparation | 211 comments In case you are not skilled with the food recipes and preparation, listed bellow are some of the easy food tips to make your meals delicious easy way. No matter you prepare breakfast, dinner or just a snack, the easy food tips are here to make your food even more attractive and awesome. Idea by Janice Kamide Images Source BuzzFeed. Telecommuting: How to build your colleagues’ trust. Fri, Oct 05, 2012 7:17 AM Stem cell researchers have created viable eggs using normal cells from adult mice.

Thu, Oct 04, 2012 12:09 PM Guyon designs telescopes to help find alien worlds. Thu, Oct 04, 2012 11:58 AM Rabalais has spent a lifetime documenting the effect of ocean 'dead zones.' Wed, Oct 03, 2012 3:04 PM To spot the paths of electrons, physicists looked at electrons on the surface of a semiconductor material. Wed, Oct 03, 2012 2:45 PM Peptides isolated from black mamba venom may be a safer pain killer than morphine, according to a study. Wed, Oct 03, 2012 8:50 AM Put down the cookie dough, kick the cat out of your bed and stop double-dipping at parties. Tue, Oct 02, 2012 11:11 AM A Ph.D student creates an iPad app that uses finger movements along a screen as a password, making it possible that finger swiping could be a personal identifier in the future.

Mon, Oct 01, 2012 7:17 PM Two-thirds of all retractions around the world stem from acts like fraud, suspected fraud or plagiarism. These People are Turning Themselves into Cyborgs in their Basement | Smart News. 8 Sneaky Things That Can Sink Your Mood. You might not realize it, but many things can affect your mood — for better or worse. And sometimes it’s the seemingly small things that can dim your day. But once you can identify these sneaky triggers, you can determine how to deal with them. Below are eight potential issues that — before you know it — can lead to a bad mood, along with what to do about them. 1.

There’s nothing wrong with venting. 2. Spending too much time on a social network like Facebook can give you “a comparison hangover.” “I first heard [this term] from Marie Forleo, which describes the crummy feelings you get after engaging in way too much envy-stoking behavior, especially without the full picture of what someone else’s life is really like,” said Ashley Eder, LPC, a psychotherapist in Boulder, Colorado. 3. “Fighting against your body can make you tired, irritable, and feeling like you want to isolate yourself from loved ones,” Eder said. Identify how your body feels and how you can best respond. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.